CVE-2019-19905
Published: 19 December 2019
NetHack 3.6.x before 3.6.4 is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when reading very long lines from configuration files. This affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid, and shared systems that allow users to upload their own configuration files.
Notes
Author | Note |
---|---|
sbeattie | escalates to group games |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
nethack Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needed
|
disco |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(3.6.5)
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
groovy |
Not vulnerable
(3.6.6-1)
|
|
hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(3.6.6-1)
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
(3.6.6-1)
|
|
focal |
Needed
|
|
impish |
Not vulnerable
(3.6.6-1)
|
|
kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(3.6.6-1)
|
|
lunar |
Not vulnerable
(3.6.6-1)
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
(3.6.6-1)
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f4a840a48f4bcf11757b3d859e9d53cc9d5ef226 upstream: https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f001de79542b8c38b1f8e6d7eaefbbd28ab94b47 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 9.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19905
- https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f4a840a48f4bcf11757b3d859e9d53cc9d5ef226
- https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f001de79542b8c38b1f8e6d7eaefbbd28ab94b47
- https://bugs.debian.org/947005
- https://nethack.org/security/CVE-2019-19905.html
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian